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Cops Plan to Quiz Fritzl's Wife Again  

Posted May 11, 08 12:50 PM CDT in Crime,  World    Most Covered

(newser) – Austrian police want another round of questioning with Josef Fritzl's 68-year-old wife, the Times of London reports. But the chief investigator in the case doesn't count Rosemarie Fritzl a suspect, and asked, “What woman would stay silent if she knew that her husband had seven children with his daughter and was holding her prisoner in the cellar?”

The investigator will ask Rosemarie what she thought her husband was doing on his frequent trips to the basement, and probe whether she might have subconsciously suppressed any knowledge of the abuse. The "perfect grandmother" raised three of the children Fritzl fathered with his daughter Elisabeth, thinking that their mother had abandoned them on their doorstep.

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Cops Plan to Quiz Fritzl's Wife Again
Franz Polzer, head of the Lower Austrian Bureau of Criminal Affairs, walks from the house in Amstetten, Austria, on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter.   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
Cops Plan to Quiz Fritzl's Wife Again
Franz Polzer, head of the Lower Austrian Bureau of Criminal Affairs, says he will question Rosemarie Fritzl and other family members again, though they are not considered suspects.   (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Cops Plan to Quiz Fritzl's Wife Again
A woman places a candle at the main square of Amstetten, Austria, during a night vigil for members of the Fritzl family. The imprisoned children have been shown letters of support from around the world.   (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
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